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The Weekly Wrap: May 4 to 10
By Mark Evans | May 10, 2008
The week that was on MET:
Highlights:
- Being asked to join Grand Effect, a blog network featuring tech bloggers such as ParisLemon, Sarah Perez and Steve Hodson. As someone who has mostly been a lone wolf, I’m excited about being part of a focused and high-quality group of bloggers.
- With less than two weeks before mesh and meshU, ticket sales are brisk. I always find it interesting to see two camps of buyers: those who purchase their tickets as soon as they go on sales, and those who wait until the last minute. We’ve also announced the socializing schedule for mesh and meshU.
Strange but true….
- This video about was Facebook would be like in real life is funny and somewhat troubling when you think about it. (Hat tip to Feature Or Bug). Speaking of Facebook, it is interesting to see it borrow $100-million to buy 50,000 servers given all the cash it’s raised recently. It does make you wonder about Facebook the business as opposed to Facebook the social network phenomena.
- Within the iPod community, there’s a new craze called silent disco or silent rave where people get together and dance to their own music. I guess talking while you dance is going out of favor!
- The Globe & Mail, Canada’s national newspaper, has two front page stories (here and here) in the weekend papers that cite bloggers as sources.
Most Popular Posts
- Is Flickr Worth $4-billion: My math or assumptions may not be accurate but Flickr is a whole lot more than the $40-million to $50-million that Yahoo paid to buy it in 2005. With the growth in traffic, Yahoo paid about $1/monthly unique visitor.
- So Much to Do, Not Enough Time: It’s hard not to find people complaining how busy their lives have become, especially the digerati who are torn in a growing number of directions (e-mail, Twitter, Facebook, Friendfeed, etc.). Two words of advice: prioritize and focus.
- Yahoo’s Smorgasbord is the Problem: With a huge portfolio of services, one of Yahoo’s challenges is making sure it is paying enough attention to the best ones.
- Wanted/Needed: A Twitter Directory: With so many new Twitter-related services such as Summize (check out Paul Stamatiou’s review) being launched, it would be great to have one place to find them. Read the comments for some suggestions.
Technorati Tags: Grand Effect, mesh, Twitter, Yahoo
Topics: Web 2.0 |
May 10th, 2008 at 8:23 pm
Assuming Yahoo invested no time, money, or people resources after they acquired Flickr, then they might have paid $1/monthly visitor. I doubt that was the case. If you are going to make bold statements, they should be based on facts or sound logic.